"level-headed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-level-headed.ogg [Australia] Forms: more level-headed [comparative], most level-headed [superlative]
Etymology: level + headed Etymology templates: {{compound|en|level|headed}} level + headed Head templates: {{en-adj}} level-headed (comparative more level-headed, superlative most level-headed)
  1. (idiomatic) Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: calm, deliberative, stable, level headed, levelheaded Derived forms: level-headedly, level-headedness Translations (possessing sound judgement): уравновесен (uravnovesen) (Bulgarian), здравомислещ (zdravomislešt) (Bulgarian), wijs (Dutch), weloverwogen (Dutch), järkevä (Finnish), maltillinen (Finnish), besonnen (German), überlegt (German), vernünftig (German), ausgeglichen (German), umsichtig (German), kühlen Kopf bewahrend (German), unaufgeregt (German), כֹּבֶד רֹאשׁ (kóved rosh) [masculine] (Hebrew), higgadt (Hungarian), zrównoważony [masculine] (Polish), opanowany [masculine] (Polish), com a cabeça no lugar (Portuguese), cumpătat (Romanian), cu scaun la cap [common] (Romanian), judicios (Romanian), здравомы́слящий (zdravomýsljaščij) (Russian), рассуди́тельный (rassudítelʹnyj) (Russian), juicioso (Spanish), врівнова́жений (vrivnováženyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), помірко́ваний (pomirkóvanyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
      "word": "maltillinen"
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
      "word": "besonnen"
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
      "word": "umsichtig"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
      "word": "kühlen Kopf bewahrend"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
      "word": "unaufgeregt"
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kóved rosh",
      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "word": "כֹּבֶד רֹאשׁ"
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
      "word": "здравомы́слящий"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "word": "рассуди́тельный"
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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      "sense": "possessing sound judgement",
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